[Opinion] Local opinion: To discover yourself, take a pilgrimage to Auschwitz, then Normandy

Local opinion: To discover yourself, take a pilgrimage to Auschwitz, then Normandy

Take a trip to Oswiecim, Poland, and either you will be “moved” to the core of your being with resolve to keep dictators out of power or you will be numbered among those who are the “enablers”.

Comparisons – including historical ones – are a rhetorical figure that we use daily to express ourselves, orient ourselves and an integral part of public debate. As such – when they refer us to known events in the past – they can help us to better understand current events, stimulate critical thinking, mobilize ourselves to action and alert us to abuses of power and defend the victims of these.